Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS
Family Nurse Practitioner · Cookeville, TN
Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Cookeville, Tennessee, and NPI 1225466758, issued on Oct 18, 2013. Check the license (Tennessee 17729, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edith Ruchelle Steele
- Credential
- CNS
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 17729 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 225 N Willow Ave Ste 3, Cookeville, TN 38501
- Phone
- (931) 528-8899
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jan 18, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- Q007856 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140602001945); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 225 N Willow Ave Ste 3
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Edith Ruchelle Steele in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 17729Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
5,707 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 164 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium236 claims
- Lisinopril234 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa179 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium155 claims
- Omeprazole151 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate136 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $853.61
47 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Cookeville Medical Center PCCookeville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edith Ruchelle Steele among 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS is one of 9,060 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 29% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 29% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2017 among the 5,523 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
136 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Cookeville
They are 136 of the 1,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Cookeville, and 9,060 family nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
All 9,060 in Tennessee → Every provider in Cookeville → Family Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Joseph Geiger, APRN, BCCookeville, TN 385011831209121
- Pamela Gunnell, FNPCookeville, TN 385011043214562
- Lori Joines, APRN,BCCookeville, TN 385011184659815
- Karen Lynn, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITCookeville, TN 385011336241389
- Laura Officer, FNPCookeville, TN 385011699799916
- Lisa Pickett, D.N.P.Cookeville, TN 385011073582615
Common questions
What is Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS's NPI number?
Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225466758, issued on Oct 18, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 225 N Willow Ave Ste 3, Cookeville, TN, 38501. Phone: (931) 528-8899. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 17729, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edith Ruchelle Steele, CNS had 5,707 Medicare Part D claims for 357 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.